ALBAWABA - Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sparked massive interaction on social media after posting a photo of himself with an eye patch that made him look like a pirate.
Olaf Scholz posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote: "Who has the damage... I look forward to the memes. Thanks for the well wishes, looks worse than it is!"
The photo gained 1.6 million views after only a few hours with thousands of likes, comments and reposts.
Memes have also taken a great section of the comments as many shared their thoughts about the German Chancellor's new eye patch appearance.
A person posted a photo of Spongebob's most famous pirate and claimed that Olaf Scholz looks like a cartoon character in the new photo.
Meanwhile, other social media users posted photos of famous pirates who participated in movies in a way to mock the German official.
It was allegedly said that Olaf Scholz was injured while he was doing some sports and he was asked to wear this eye patch until his eye recovers totally.
